Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out about Garbage

People in the United States make more trash per person every day than people in any other country.

What do we throw away, and where does it go?

How can we reduce, reuse, and recycle?

Read and find out!

D. J. Ward is a high school science teacher who also writes science books for children. His titles include Exploring Mars, Materials Science, and, in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, How a City Works and What Happens to Our Trash? He lives in Castle Rock, Colorado.